Saturday, January 01, 2011
The Insult
I laid an egg once and China hatched from it.
(Tibet too, but that was later).
I lay “BIG”.
But now, when an ant finds one of my eggs,
she hordes it with her own.
She can’t tell the difference…
I witness this
with a thinly disguised rage. How can I try
to explain
without exposing my shame?
“Haven’t you got anything better to do than quibble with a poor ant..?”
“Yes, sorry … “ and I bare the insult
in silence.
after Henri Michaux
I laid an egg once and China hatched from it.
(Tibet too, but that was later).
I lay “BIG”.
But now, when an ant finds one of my eggs,
she hordes it with her own.
She can’t tell the difference…
I witness this
with a thinly disguised rage. How can I try
to explain
without exposing my shame?
“Haven’t you got anything better to do than quibble with a poor ant..?”
“Yes, sorry … “ and I bare the insult
in silence.
after Henri Michaux
// posted by George Manka @ 1:40 PM 
